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1. Why our brains need touch

   An LJMU academic is leading a Neuroscience Group (SANG) that is revolutionising how we view the basic human sense of touch.

2. Sensor City hi-tech innovation centre launch

   A new hi-tech business hub that could create 1,000 jobs and house 300 new businesses over the next decade has officially launched.

3. New hope for Borneo's orang-utans: conservation research

   LJMU professor researches orang-utan habitat.

4. Reconstructing Ice Age environments

   A study into the feeding behaviour of two extinct European rhinoceros species has revealed an unexpected survival strategy for a mammalian family of the Ice Ages.

5. Recognising the achievements of exceptional individuals

   New Honorary Fellowships for outstanding achievement

6. Honorary Fellow: Ramsey Campbell

   Oration for Honorary Fellowship award

7. Humanities PhD student awarded for outstanding paper

   Sean Creaney, a lecturer in Childhood and Youth Studies at Stockport College, who is currently studying for his PhD in the School of Humanities and Social Science, has just been awarded ‘Outstanding Paper’ in the 2015 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence

8. Honorary Fellow: Dame Philippa Russell

   Oration for Honorary Fellowship award

9. Honorary Fellow Lady Grantchester

   Oration for Honorary Fellowship award

10. Honorary Fellow: Professor Sir Howard Newby CBE

    Oration for Honorary Fellowship award